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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1909)
2 THE CHE MA Chemawa Indian School. Chemawa is located on the main line of the Southern Pacific railroad five miles north of the City of Salem; the capitol of Oregon. It is the only Indian industrial school in the northwest corner of the Unit ed States where you can get an industrial education Many Indian young men, who were graduated from Chemawa, have good positions as. blacksmiths, mill men, tailors, engineers, electricians, farmers, and many other businesses earning a good living for themselves. The Oregon. Electric R. 11., which has sixteen trains daily between Salem and Portland,-passes through Chemawa. In point of location, climate, resources, sanitation and environment, Chemawa is unexcelled.' Its grounds are covered with roses, are extensive and dotted with tall Oregon firs, which are green the en tire year. The school has been called "The Rose School". II has 341 acres of as fine ag ricultural land as there is in the United States. Has over 40 acres of prolific or chard and the fruit of this is very abun-' dant, producing enormous quantities. The buildings are all modern and up , to-date and the Industrial departments are unexcelled. To Those Wishing to Enter the , Chemawa School Please Read Carefully, 1. All pupils must be at least, one fourth Indian;, .healthy and of good moral character. : ' , ? 2. All new pupils must be fourteen years of age or over. " . .3. If you live on a reservation or are under the supervision of -an Agent or. VA AMERICAN Superintendent, you must'apply to him ;for transfer and railroad tickets. This should be done immediately and write the, . Superintendent of Chemawa. that you have done so. 4. If you are not on a reservation, you should write Supt. Edwin L. Chalcraft, Chemawa, Oregon, and tell him about yourself, age, tribe, etc. He will then send you application blanks and order for.tickets, if you are eligible for enroll ment. 5. Chemawa has an Industrial equip ment and facilities, surpassed, by none and equaled by few schools in the Ser vice. The trades taught are for the girls. First all are taught to be good house-keepers, to which is added special instruction in . Dressmaking, Tailoring and Nursing. The School has a Domes tic Science Department. ' The boys are taught Farming, Dau'ying, Gardening, Carpentering", Wagonmaking, Black smithing, Shoe and Harness Making, Tailoring, Baking; Steam and Electrical Engineering and Plumbing. 6. Chemawa has exceptional advan tages for giving instruction in farming, dairying, gardening and in the care of orchards, and with her engineering facilities is unequaled. v -'';-7. The Chemawa Band has a. reputa tion extending: over the entire Pacific Coast; Boys .. who have had band in struction in other schools are especially "desired to continue their music a Che mawa;''1. .
